Venice masks

Monday, 11 February 2013

Tonight the moon... - Kostas Karyotakis


Tonight the moon will fall upon
the strand, a heavy pearl.

Sunday, 10 February 2013

Unison - F.R. Scott

What is it makes a church so like a poem?
The inner silence – spaces between words?

Saturday, 9 February 2013

The Ninth Secret Poem - Guillaume Apollinaire

I worship your fleece which is the perfect triangle
Of the Goddess

Friday, 8 February 2013

The Ocean's Song - Victor Hugo

We walked amongst the ruins famed in story
Of Rozel-Tower,
And saw the boundless waters stretch in glory
And heave in power.

Thursday, 7 February 2013

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

The Old Lizard - Federico García Lorca

In the parched path
I have seen the good lizard
(one drop of crocodile)
meditating.

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

The Castle By The Sea - Johann Ludwig Uhland

'Hast thou seen that lordly castle,
That Castle by the Sea?
Golden and red above it
The clouds float gorgeously.

Sunday, 3 February 2013

Jonah’s Prayer - Mihaly Babits

Words have become unfaithful things to me,
or else am I an overflowing sea,
goalless and hesitant, without a shore.

Saturday, 2 February 2013

Pointless your mourning - Adam Asnyk

Pointless your mourning and your toil
Helpless your curses dire
Past forms no miracle can bring
Back from funereal pyre.

Friday, 1 February 2013

Show Me The Mountain That Packed Up And Left - Nontsizi Mgqwetho

“Come back,” mountain that left.
There are your people frantically scrabbling,
knowing full well that this country
will stand to the end of time.